Thursday, April 1, 2010

No April Fools - We're Going Home!

So this will be my last post from the hospital today - no jokes here! We're going home soon :)

I wanted to leave you all with some song lyrics that have been coming to my mind a lot lately. Sometimes I sing them to Skylar (until she starts crying when I get out of tune or she gets bored, lol) but I thought they were worth sharing as Easter approaches... It's a song by Ginny Owens called "If You Want Me To" (Ginny Owens has a really cool story too, being blind and writing her own music and playing the piano - I was actually lucky enough to get to see her live at Clemson of all places and talk with her afterwards... a really cool experience). Anyway, enough rambling, lol. Here's the song:

The pathway is brokenAnd the signs are unclearAnd I don't know the reason why You brought me hereBut just because You love me the way that You doI'm gonna walk through the valleyIf You want me to

Cause I'm not who I wasWhen I took my first stepAnd I'm clinging to the promiseYou're not through with me yetSo if all of these trials bring me closer to YouThen I will go through the fireIf You want me to

It may not be the way I would have chosenWhen You lead me through a world that's not my homeBut You never said it would be easyYou only said I'll never go alone

So when the whole world turns against meAnd I'm all by myselfAnd I can't hear You answer my cries for helpI'll remember the sufferin' Your love put You throughAnd I will go through the valleyIf You want me to

When I cross over Jordan, I'm gonna sing, gonna shoutGonna look into your eyes and see you never let me downSo take me on the pathway that leads me home to youAnd I will walk through the valley if you want me to

About Me

I love life. Even when it's not always great, it's better than not having it.

I started this blog as "expecting the unexpected" and didn't even know what was ahead! I was surprised with a pregnancy, delivered a beautiful little girl in Nov. 2009, and was later surprised with a diagnosis of SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) type 1. The Night Shift post in March 2010 is where the SMA journey begins... Our sweet girl went to Heaven on August 16, 2011 and is where Skylar's journey ends; however, ours carries on.